The VVC's Web Design & Development Association (VVCWDDA) is an organization devoted towards the advancement of knowledge, skill, and expertise of web technologies in the High Desert community. Our focus is to introduce and discuss practical concepts and techniques in the development of websites, provide a platform to network and share knowledge with other web enthusiasts, impart consultation onto local businesses, and present opportunity for work experience to those interested. We meet on the second and last Wednesday of each month discussing both aspects of web design and web development, respectively. Meetings are generally held in the Student Activity Center, Floor 2 at the Victor Valley College.
This week's session is on...
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Development: The web is becoming rich with great content; yet at the same rate that more websites there are providing good content, the more overwhelmingly difficult it is for people to keep up with them all. The answer to that are RSS feeds: so instead of people visiting a site to see what's new, feeds will send the content directly to them. What's also cool is that you are providing an API for other services to access you content in ways you never thought of. In this meeting we'll briefly talk about how RSS came to be, as well as the core language that RSS builds off of - XML. We'll check out how to construct an RSS feed ourselves, and then apply that knowledge towards creating a podcast. And if we have some time we'll look into some web services that take your RSS feed and do some awesome things to them.
Location
Our meetings start at 6:00PM and are generally held at Victor Valley College in the Student Activity Center, Floor 2. This week our group will meet in the Quiet Room. There is a small $2.00 parking fee for non-student attendees, so make sure you bring extra quarters!
The address is:
Victor Valley College
18422 Bear Valley Road
Victorville CA, 92395
Gabe Treuhaft (an ASB Officer) has generously provided a map of the nearest parking lots along with where you can purchase daily-parking passes.
Lot 8, 20, or 21 are the closest to the Student Activities Center (building 44). If you're in lot 20 or 21 you must take the elevator to get to the upper campus
Resources
http://webdesign.about.com/od/rss/a/what_is_rss.htm
http://www.feedtree.net/
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html
http://www.w3schools.com/rss/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html
Slides: Pushing Content using RSS Feeds
Audio: Pushing Content using RSS Feeds
Audio: Internet Memes
** It is STRONGLY recommended that you subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! ** click here to learn how
Feed: http://helior.info/wdda/podcast.xml